Chapter Twenty-Nine
Special-Travis' Point of View
Man Alex is annoying. Why did I go out with her in the first place? See, during the entire wake all Alex could talk about was how dorky Lily looked and how Audrey was always mean to her. I got fed up with it and broke up with her in the middle of the funeral. She stormed off. As soon as the funeral was over Lily sped off, obviously not wanting to talk to me.
Here I am in the middle of the park. No children were around so it was quiet. As I stepped on the sea-saw I watched as the other end was lifted up as I was dropped down. I walked across the child's toy and lifted myself onto the top of the monkey bars. I watched the sun fade behind the mountains is a painting of colors too beautiful for words. Darkness soon followed and still I sat in peace.
I thought about Lily and how much fun we used to have. Why did I let that go? Why did I give up the one good thing in my life? The one person who made me feel like I belonged just had to be the one person I let slip away. I checked my watch and saw that it was close to 11:20. That fit since I had been here for so long and the funeral had ended at 8:30. I sighed and hopped off of the jungle gym and started walking toward the lake. I had just passed the swing set when I felt a sharp blow to the back of my skull.
I was then spun around and was face to face with a mysterious man wearing all black and a ski mask over his face. My gaze drifted down and I saw his fist connect with my stomach. I keeled over in pain, as I knew he had broken my ribs, but this man wasn't done. When I looked up he punched me straight in the jaw. Flashing pain shot throughout my body as blood ran down my face. The metallic taste of blood tainted my mouth. I stood up and fought back though. After a few weak hits in his stomach I managed to nail a blow to his left temple.
He moved back but quickly recovered and reached into his coat for something. He sneered at me with a gleaming knife in his hand. His green eyes then connected with mine and I felt a jolt run up my spine. The sudden image of Audrey ran through my mind and I knew what the sign meant. When the man spoke he only confirmed what I already knew.
"Now I'm gonna finish you off just like I did your ex-girlfriend." His voice was deep and raspy but you could tell he was scared. "You should have heard her scream, it was like music to my ears. She never should have turned me down for you all those years ago." It was like slow motion as he lunged at me. When the knife finally penetrated the skin on my stomach the pain was so sharp I almost didn't feel it. I then felt the sharp pain as he slashed my chest and back. I slowly fell to the floor and watched as my vision went red and then...blackness.